Dress shield



Patented Mey 24, 1927;

/4 u NnrzlrSTATES PATENrol-*Fic-E. i

BERTHA. E. TED/STNE, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

DRESS SHIELD.'

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in apparel, and particularly shields for dresses.

vOrdinarily the dressshields, now in use,

13",.thereof, are the tape strips 18, each havlng the elongated openings 19 formed therem.

The shield, shown in detail in Figure 3,

are sewed into the arm-holes of dresses, anch` comprises the two crescent-shaped waterwhen said shields become odorous, it is necessary to remove them, by cutting the stitching. Then, when .the shields have been cleaned, they are resewed into the dresses. This -requires considerable time and labor, especially if the shields are to be vshifted from one dress to another.

It is therefore the principal object of the present invention to provide a dress shield such as may be easily and quickly secured within the arm-hole of a dress, and as quickfly removed therefrom, and placed in another dress.

Another ob'ect is to provide novel means for detachably securing the shields in a dress by means of which the shields may be adjusted toward and away from the armpits, or forwardly Aor rearwardly therebeneath, as the case requires.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

into the interior of the arm-holeof a dress, showing one of the dress shields in place therein.

Figure 2 is a vertical'sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the shield removed from the dress, `with a portion folded back.

Referring particularly to the laccompanying drawing, 10 represents a portion of a dress surrounding the arm-hole, and 11 a portion of the sleeve, the former having the seam 12, and the latter the longitudinal seam 13, the sleeve being connected to the dress, at the arm-hole, b `the seam 13.

Secured to the dIress seam 12, and extending downwardly from a point adjacent the lower side of the arm-hole, is a tape strip 14, said strip being secured along one edge and being formed with a longitudinal seriesv tape 16, having the elongated openings 17 formed therein. Secured to the forward and rear sides of the arm-hole, in the seam vother end of the ta e,

Figure llis a perspective view, lookingr proof sheets 20 and 21 secured along their inwardly curved edges. Secured to each end of the attached portions of the sheets 20 and 21 1s a short length of tape 22, that portion which is `free being provided with vthe socket. portion 23 of a snap fastener, the head 24 being sewed to the shield, near the Secured to the inner faces of the rear e ge portions of the sheets 2O and 21'are the head portions 25 of snap fasteners, the socket portions 26 being carried by the free ends of the tapes 27, which are secured to the same faces of the sheetsv at pointsslightly nearer the lower edges thereof.

In securing the'shield in place the sheets 20 and 21 are disposed in straddling relation to the lower portion of the arm-hole seam,.so that one sheet lies within the sleeve, below the armhole, while the other sheet lies within the dress, beneath the arm-hole. The tapes 27 are passed through appropriate openings .of the tapes 14 and 16 and the'portions of the snap fasteners properly engaged so that the points or lower portions of the sheets are held in place. The tapes 22 are then inserted in appropriate openings of the tapes 18, and the snap fasteners thereof engaged to hold the upper portion of the shield in proper position.'

If it is desired to move the shield forwardly or rearwardly, in the arm-hole, the

tapes 22 are adjusted into openings ofthe tapes 18, at different positions from which they were originally secured. Also, the entire shield may be raised in the arm-hole, by

engaging the tapes 22 in openings 19 at higher levels.

From the' above, it will readily be seen that, with different dresses equipped with the" tapes 14, 16, and 18, -a single pair of shields may be quickly shifted from one dress to another, 1n a-short time. Furthermore, it will be appreciated that, when the shields have become odorous from perspiration, they may be removed at night, washed, and hung'v ion " tapes 27.v i length to Q l t 1,080,223 e' i tener ortions 25 'me directed toward the rear, t ereb facilitating the inserti ese tapes rmit the before-mentioned ad# ethe shield, without the necessity of se aratin the fasteners 25--26. at :is ed is:

1. The combination with tions of a dress and sleeve, of a. dress shield justment o disposed in thev arm-hole andf having flaps Y apertured members carried by the seams o the dress and sleeve, means ontlie .ends of the shield removably engaged inthe aper,

tured members of the s1eeveseam,`and ineensA on the lower edges of the iiapsofthe shield" for detachable engagement" in "the apertared members of the dress seam.

2. The combination 'with Aum manhole portions of a dress and sleeve; of apertured 20 members secured in the-wa11soffthe ng of the 27 are of sn'xleient the erm-lioleA 'rl "hole, apertured members secured' in and'sleeve, 'a shield disposed within thearm# hole, and tapes carried by the shield gendv `detalehebly engaged through the epe'rt'uredy y 25 The eombination with the arm-hole members.

seam, the sleeve` seam, and the side seam'of a dress, of tapes secured within the said seams and having longitudinal series of openings, and a. dress shield having tapes secured to the ends of the upper edge thereof engaged through the openings. of the tapes of the arm-hole seam, Said .dress shield having flaps, and ta carried by the lowerA edges of the flaps o the shield and engaged 'a5 through the openingsl of the tapes of the lsleeve anddress seams. e

In testimonyA whereof, I afiix my signa.'` 

